Rack or support for garments



(No Model.)

R. W. RANDALL.

RACK 0R SUPPORT FOR GARMENTS.

,No. 269,538. Patented Dec. 26., 1882.

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REUBEN V. RANDALL, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

RACK OR SUPPORT FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 269,538, datedDecember 26, 1882.

Application filed June 12, 1882.

To all who m it may concern Be it known that I, REUBEN W. RANDALL, ofBiddeford, county of York, and State of Maine, have invented anImprovement in Racks or Supports for Garments,&c.,of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

My invention relates to a rack or support for garments or other smallarticles, it being especially intended for use in cars and similarplaces. The rack consists of a frame to receive the brim and crown of ahat, the said frame also being provided with a series of hooks to serveas supports for garments, satchels, baskets, or other small articles,and it is preferably made of a single continuous wire properly bent toperform all the before-mentioned functions and to receive screws orother fastenings by which it maybe attached to the wall of an apartment,preferably the panel between the windows at the end of eachseat of apassengar-car.

Figure l is a front elevation of a garment supporting rack embodyingthis invention, and Fig. 2 a. plan view thereof.

The rack or frame is shown as made of a single wire bent at either endto form eyes a a, to receive screws or other fastenings by which it isattached to the wall or panel I). From the said ends a a the wire iscurved outward from the panel I), as shown at 0, a,

sufficient distance to receive the brim ot' a hat. From the curvedportion 0 it has a horizontal portion, (1, and downwardlyextendedportion 0 nearly parallel with the panel b, the said portions d and eoverlying the brim of the hatand holding it against the panel I), whilethe crown projects outward between the said portions 6. At the lower endof the said brim-holdingpor tion 0 are hooksf, formed by loops of thewire, which is carried back for a short distance by the side of theportion 6, as shown at g, from which a transverse portion is curved in ahori- (No model.)

zontal plane back toward the panel 0, asshown' at h, where the middleportion of the wire is formed into a hook, i, it also having an eye orsocket,j, to receive a fastening by which the lower portion is securedto the panel I).

A staple or loop, k, holds the two portions of the wire together nearthe eyej to prevent them from spreading, and thus escaping from thefastening. The horizontal portions h form a support for the lower edgeof the brim o t'the hat that is held by the portions (1 e.

It will be seen that the herein-described garment-support is veryconvenient, and at the same time is of but slight expense and may bemade of ornamental appearance. It is obvious it may be made, if desired,of other material besides wire.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-descril edhat and garmentsupport, it consisting of a wire having fastening-eyes atits ends, outwardly-curved and downwardlyextending portions 0 e, hooksformed of loops of the wire at the end of the said downwardlyextendedportions, and a transverse portion between the said hooks, also formedinto a supporting'hook, and having an eye or socket to receive afastening, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, substantially as shown and described, of theoutwardly-curved portions 0 c, the downward extensionsee, and the crossportions h, with hooks and sockets to receive the fastenings, all formedof a single wire, as specified.

In testimony whereot'I havesigned my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub scribing witnesses.

REUBEN W. RANDALL. Witnesses:

J. W. RANDALL, THOMAS MoaAN, Jr.

